I'm doing some upgrading on the ShopBot and one of those upgrades is adding a dust separator. I need one for the Saw & Miter Saw in another building so I built 2.
I'm doing some upgrading on the ShopBot and one of those upgrades is adding a dust separator. I need one for the Saw & Miter Saw in another building so I built 2.
I cut aluminum circles to line the interior on the collectors. The plan is to hook a ground wire to the ready rod.
And I couldn't resist designing a logo and laser engraving it on the plywood top.
Nice.
You have too many toys.
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2006 PRTalpha 96x48
3hp SEV spindle
Vcarve Pro8
Always eager to consume large amounts of info, tips, and techniques!
[QUOTE=guitarwes;200993]Nice.
You have too many toys.
One cannot have too many toys...
nice build . i like the cyclone lasered in.
i wish mine was clear on the sides
what are you machining.
i dont mean to be critical with the next part. i have learnt a lot here and want to give back if i can. i have built 4 thien baffle seperators and am currently running a double height , 24" dia, 8" inlet
in the end i think you will be disapointed with its performance
your transition piece from round to square is too small and too quick . it also is too small. you should add 10% to the area of the inlet pipe when working out the area for the transition to allow for the losses going from round to square. more if you are going for a long rectangle
those lips in the transition will create a lot of turbulance and catch material
your diameter of the chamber is a bit small. you might be ok but it will increase the resistance of the seperater and reduce cfm
your slot around the baffle plate looks very large. if its mostly dust your creating i would drop the slot down to 20mm . wider slots are better for shavings but increase air rotation below the baffle which increases re animation of seperated particals.
you dont have a solid part of the baffle(slot goes the whole way around) that solid portion helps seperate the air above and below the baffle . this allows for better seperation and less re animation
you have threaded rod in 4 locations holding up the baffle. if you get rid of them you will reduce turbulance a lot allowing smother air movement and high cfm and seperation rate
you have a double height seperator but the inlet at the bottom. your not getting any benifit from that. its acting as a single height unit.
you outlet looks like it is flush with the top of the chamber. if you extend it down so that it is at least half way down or more you will get better rotation and better seperation.
i think you will struggle with those barrels being sucked in. i did
It's been slow going on the dust collector lately. This is my busy time, so personal project take a back seat. I did get the base built and a few things hooked up. I added a tube for sweeping up the last bit of dust that I usually chase around with broom & scoop. This works pretty well. I plan to build a little baffle that I can set in front of the opening to funnel the dust. It has to be something I can put away when done, so it doesn't get in the way.